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|death_place=Midland, Texas​

|death_place=Midland, Texas​

|death_cause=Brief illness​

|death_cause=Brief illness​

|birth_place=Cameron, Milam County, [[Texas]]

|birth_place=Cameron, Milam County, [[Texas]]<br>

|occupation=[[Attorney]]' [[Judge]]​<br>

|occupation=[[Attorney]]' [[Judge]]​<br>

[[United States Navy]] and [[United States Army]]

[[United States Navy]] and [[United States Army]]

Ruth McKinney Baskin​

Ruth McKinney Baskin​

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] ​

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] ​

|alma_mater=Austin High School<br>​

|alma_mater=Austin High School​

[[University of Texas]]<br>​

[[University of Texas]]<br>

UT Law School

UT Law School

|religion=[[Presbyterian]]}}

|religion=[[Presbyterian]]}}

==Background==

==Background==

Baskin was born in Cameron in Milam County in east central Texas, to James Dollar Baskin, Sr., and the former Mary Ruth McKinney. He obtained his elementary schooling in Cameron and moved with his family to the capital city of [[Austin]], where he attended University Junior High School and the downtown Austin High School , from which he graduated in 1944.<ref name=pmbaskin/> He attended the [[University of Texas at Austin]], where he obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] and a [[Master of Arts]] in [[government]] in 1948 and 1953, respectively. In between, he procured his [[Juris Doctor]]ate in 1950 from the UT Law School.<ref name=alcalde>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VOQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=Judge+Pat+M.+Baskin+of+Midland&source=bl&ots=HoAb1KW7-r&sig=Cu2B6687RuxSdtugg5vRILamzmw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zOTWU-2sLo_c8gHbh4GgAg&ved=0CEMQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Judge%20Pat%20M.%20Baskin%20of%20Midland&f=false|title=Judge Pat M. Baskin|publisher=''The Alcalde'' by the Ex-Students Association of the University of Texas|date=May–June 1977|pages=59|accessdate=July 27, 2014}}</ref>​

Baskin was born in Cameron in Milam County in east central Texas, to James Dollar Baskin, Sr., and the former Mary Ruth McKinney. He obtained his elementary schooling in Cameron and moved with his family to the capital city of [[Austin]], where he attended University Junior High School and the downtown Austin High School , from which he graduated in 1944.<ref name=pmbaskin/> He attended the [[University of Texas at Austin]], at which he obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] and a [[Master of Arts]] in [[government]] in 1948 and 1953, respectively. In between, he procured his [[Juris Doctor]]ate in 1950 from the UT Law School.<ref name=alcalde>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VOQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=Judge+Pat+M.+Baskin+of+Midland&source=bl&ots=HoAb1KW7-r&sig=Cu2B6687RuxSdtugg5vRILamzmw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zOTWU-2sLo_c8gHbh4GgAg&ved=0CEMQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Judge%20Pat%20M.%20Baskin%20of%20Midland&f=false|title=Judge Pat M. Baskin|publisher=''The Alcalde'' by the Ex-Students Association of the University of Texas|date=May–June 1977|pages=59|accessdate=July 27, 2014}}</ref>​

From 1944 to 1946, Baskin was a  V-12 cadet in the [[United States Navy]] during the last portion of [[World War II]]. From 1951 to 1953, he was a lieutenant in the [[United States Army]]. In 1952, he married the former Joan Marie Ragsdale (born August 26, 1931), and the couple moved to Midland, where they lived for more than a half century.<ref name=pmbaskin>{{cite web|url=http://www.mrt.com/import/article_36344499-db0c-52e5-bacf-2319b1082b68.html|title=Pat Baskin, longtime Midland leader, dies |author=Gary Ott|date=May 28, 2005|publisher=''Midland Reporter-Telegram''|accessdate=July 29, 2014}}</ref>

From 1944 to 1946, Baskin was a  V-12 cadet in the [[United States Navy]] during the last portion of [[World War II]]. From 1951 to 1953, he was a lieutenant in the [[United States Army]]. In 1952, he married the former Joan Marie Ragsdale (born August 26, 1931), and the couple moved to Midland, where they lived for more than a half century.<ref name=pmbaskin>{{cite web|url=http://www.mrt.com/import/article_36344499-db0c-52e5-bacf-2319b1082b68.html|title=Pat Baskin, longtime Midland leader, dies |author=Gary Ott|date=May 28, 2005|publisher=''Midland Reporter-Telegram''|accessdate=July 29, 2014}}</ref>